(山坡) of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park at 1,134 feet above sea level. Visitors may drive to the Observatory and park in its parking lot or on nearby roads. No reservation (预定) is required to visit. Parking is limited, and the busiest times are weekend. Buses, taxis, and carpools are welcome. LADOT provides weekend public bus service from the Sunset/Vermont Metro Red Line station. Griffith Observatory is open six days a week. Admission and parking are free. Hours of Operation
Tuesday---Friday 12:00 noon---10:00 p.m. Saturday---Sunday 10:00 a.m.---10:00 p.m. Monday Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day Closed Samuel Oschin Planetarium
The Samuel Oschin Planetarium theater offers 8 to 10 live, half-hour presentations each day. There are usually four different shows from which to choose.
Shows are presented every 60 to 90 minutes. Check the website, information desks, or the box office for each day’s show times. Late seating is not permitted.
Samuel Oschin Planetarium tickets must be purchased at the Observatory and are only available on the day of the show. The ticket prices for shows are： Adults (13-59 years old) $7.00 Children (5-12 years old) $3.00 Seniors (60 years and older) $5.00 Students $5.00
Children under 5 years will be admitted only to the first show each day. Hearing assist devices are available upon request. Public Telescopes
Free public telescopes are available each evening the Observatory is open and skies are clear. The Zeiss telescope on the roof is generally open by 7:00 p.m.. All observing must be completed by 9:45 p.m..
45. What can we learn about Griffith Observatory according to the passage?
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A. It is open all the year around. B. It is mostly visited at weekends. C. It becomes famous because of Hollywood. D. It is the most attractive place in Los Angeles.
46. Which of the following best describes the Samuel Oschin Planetarium theater? A. Hearing assist devices are provided to seniors. B. The shows there generally last 60 to 90 minutes.
C. Visitors are required to be seated before the show starts. D. The tickets for its shows can be bought through the website.
47. To watch the show, a young couple with a 7-year-old son should pay________. A. $13.00 B. $15.00 C. $17.00 D. $20.00 48. Which of the following is charged?
A. Parking. B. Telescopes. C. Hearing assist devices. D. LADOT bus service.
C
Tens of thousands of Antarctic penguins are estimated to be unable to return to their colony after a massive iceberg grounded there, according to a newly published study. The B09B iceberg, measuring some 100 square kilometers, grounded in Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica in December 2010，the researchers from Australia and New Zealand wrote in the Antarctic 5c/e/ice journal.
The Adclie penguin population at the bay's Cape Denison was measured to be about 160,000 in February 2011 but by December 2013 the number had reduced by 10,000, they said.
The iceberg's grounding meant the penguins had to walk more than 60 kilometres to find food, impeding their breeding attempts，said the researchers.
“The Cape Denison population could be extinct within 20 years unless B09B floats or the now fast ice within the bay breaks out，” they wrote in the research published in February. Fast ice is sea ice that forms and stays fast along the coast. During their surveys in December 2013, the researchers said, “hundreds of
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abandoned eggs were noted, and the ground was littered with the freeze-dried bodies of previous season's chicks.”
“It's terribly silent now，” UNSW's Chris Turney, who led the 2013 expedition, told the Sydney Morning Herald. “The ones that are surviving are clearly struggling. They can barely survive themselves, let alone hatch the next generation. We saw lots of dead birds on the ground... it’s just heartbreaking to see.”
In contrast，penguins living on the eastern fringe of the bay just eight kilometres from the fast ice (固定 冰)edge were booming，the scientists said. Sea ice around Antarctica is increasing，in contrast to the Arctic where global warming is causing ice to melt and glaciers to shrink. 49. Why can't Adelie penguins come back to their home? A. Because the weather is getting too cold. B. Because they like to travel outside. C. Because a massive iceberg stops their way. D. Because men prevent them from going home.
50. How many Cape Denison penguins were likely to live in 2013? A. 150,000 B. 10,000. C. 15,000. D. 135,000.
51. What will probably be discussed in the following paragraph? A. The reason for the increasing of sea ice around Antarctica. B. The relationship between Antarctica and Arctic. C.The future of penguins around Antarctica. D. The introduction of Antarctica.
D
The results of an admittedly small but telling new study suggest that Medicare and other insures could be spending billions of dollars on screening(拍片检查)smokers for lung cancer that
would be better spent on helping them quit and keeping others from starting． The new study indicated that screening more often supported smokers’ beliefs that they could safely continue to smoke．Most participants remained smoker because they
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believed screening could catch cancer early before it would threaten their lives. “They compared how hard it was to quit smoking with how easy it was to be screened，”said Steven B. Zeliadt, the lead author of the study. \engaged in magical thinking that now there's
this wonderful painless external test that can save lives.\
He and seven colleagues conducted the study of 37 current smokers who were offered lung
cancer screening at Department of Veteran Affairs.
After being screened and told the results. they were interviewed about their smoking-related
health beliefs. For about half of those in whom cancer was not found. \lowered their
motivation for quitting.\the team reported in July in JAMA Internal Medicine. The participants
focused only on lung cancer, ignoring other potential harm of smoking. the researchers wrote.
A national study published four years ago found that annual CT screening for lung cancer three years in a row could reduce deaths among heavy smokers by about 20 percent.
In an interview, Dr. Russell P. Harris, a preventive medicine specialist at the UNC-Chapel Hill. noted that \is being believed by people as an alternative to stopping smoking. But stopping smoking would have huge benefits for the individual and society.\causes many other cancers.
Dr. Harris agreed that rather than screening money is better spent on smoking prevention.
He suggested providing free stop-smoking aids. sponsoring anti-smoking advertising and raising
taxes on tobacco products and the age at which people are allowed to buy them.
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52. What does the new study suggest?
A．Screening technology remains to be advanced and more effective. B．Screening can find cancer in patients and give them timely treatment. C．Helping people quit smoking is better than screening them for cancer. D．Admitting smoking before screening can help one to stop smoking. 53. What effect can screening have on most smokers? A. They will be scared by the result and quit smoking.
B. They will believe screening can catch cancer early and not quit. C. They will lose hope and go on smoking.
D. They will know screening costs less than smoking.
54 What does the underlined word“they”（in Paragraph 5）refer to? A. The smokers screened in the study. B. Steven Zeliadt and his colleagues. C. Dr. Harris and his patients.
D. The patients' smoking-related health beliefs
55．Which of the following can be a suitable title for the passage?
A．The Effect of Screening for Cancer Patients B．Screening Alone Doesn’t Do the Work
C．Screening Has a Say in Cancer Detecting D．Screening May Not Push Smokers to Quit
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。涂在机读卡71-75的位置。
Mary had feared the day she would draw a blank during a presentation. Then one day during a 45-minute speech, it happened. 71 . To help herself get back on track, Mary asked the audience to look at the handout and tell her what topic was up next. At the end of her presentation, audience members gave her top marks for organization.
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